Mop head



May 20 1924.

B. F. DRISCOLL MOP HEAD Filed May 12. 1923 Patented May 229, 192%.

BARTHOLOMEW 1?. DBISCOLL; OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

MOP HEAD. 7

Application filed May 12,

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, BARTHoLoMEw F. Dmsoonn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester. in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Mop Head, of which the following is a specification.

The principal objects of this invention are to provide a mop head consisting entirely of metal and formed principally of pieces of wire and especially to provide means for holding the wire pieces in position in a ferrule and in the ferrule itself, without welding, soldering, or screws, and to provide a means for clamping the wires together to hold the mop proper.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a side view of a mop having a head constructed in accordance with this invention; I

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on an enlarged serge of the ferrule and connected parts, an

Fig. 4 is an end view of the same.

I provide a ferrule 10 of pressed metal having a main conical portion provided with integral tongues 11 cut out of the two sides and bent inwardly to grip the wooden handle 12 which is forced into the ferrule. These triangular tongues 11 assist in preventing the removal of the handle. The ferrule is circular in shape and conical in the part which receives the end of the handle 12. Below this the ferrule is formed of substantially square cross-section to provide for the reception of four wire ends, as will appear.

The mop clamping means consists of two flat frames of wire 13. These are both formed of the same triangular shape and size. The two bases of the triangles are parallel with eachother and located at the bottom of the device. The sides converge toward each other and extend upwardly until they come into contact. Thus the four ends 14 are located parallel with each other and in contact so that they can conveniently be received in the square portion of the ferrule.

1923. Serial N'O. 638,648.

not to register with each other. When the,

parts are assembled, two pins 17 and .18 are forced through holes in the square part of the ferrule and through these notches to positively hold the parts in position.

The two triangular frames of wire 13 are set away from each other at their bases so as to diverge gradually all the way from the points at which they come in contact. The 4 mop 20 is inserted betweentheir bases as indicated in Fig. 2 and then two slides 21 each of a general U-sha'pe form located on the diverging wires are forced downwardly and outwardly to clamp the two frames together on the'mop and securely hold the same. This forms a rigid metallic frame without soldering or welding which will be durable and of maximumstrength and also forms a very convenient way of clamping the mop and unclamping it when it is desired to take it out of the head.

Although I have illustrated and described only a single form of the invention. I am aware of the fact that modifications may be made therein by any person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claims.

Therefore. I do not wish to be limited to all the details of construction herein shown and described but what I do claim is:-

1. As an article of manufacture, a mop head comprising two wire frames adapted to be forced together toclamp a mopbetween them, the two ends of each frame being brought substantially into contact with each other and withthe two ends of the other frame, a ferrule having an end for receiving the four ends of the wire, said wires having registering notches in their adjacent surfaces, and pins extending through the square portion of the ferrule and through said notches for Iholding'the wires in position.

2. As an article of'manufacture, a mop .head comprising two wire frames adapted, 'to be forced together to clamp a mopbe frame beingformed. of

tween them, each one wire, the two ends of each Wire being brought substantially into contact with each other and With. the two ends of the other frame, and a ferrule having a square end 5 for receiving the four ends 0% the Wire and provided With'a conical portion for reeeiving the end of a Wooden handle, said conical portion having triangular tongues projecting inwardly therefrom to prevent the disengagement of the handle. 10

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixecl my signature.

BARTHOLOMEW F. DRI'SCOLL. 

